srhp29:I hate that Fox controls everything about the game including who sings the National Anthem.

Fox tried to have the American Idol winner sing the national anthem when the Bears hosted the NFC championship game a few years ago. People flipped the fark out because everyone in Chicago wanted the guy who does the anthem at Blackhawks games (this was on the heels of the 'Hawks winning the cup) and Fox eventually gave in. I agree-- it's horrible.

Huh.... Disney/Mighty Ducks tapped Lucy Lawless (NSFW Pic) to sing the National Anthem for an NHL playoffs a while back.... and she was a huge Detroit Red Wings fan (her Detroit-native husband turned her on to Hockey and the Wings), spending pre-game time in the Wings' dressing room talking to players and such.

Those of us in the local Detroit (at the time, Channel 50) market got more of her topless performance than ESPN viewers did, I might add.